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LAYMAN v. LAYMAN

No. 1684, September Term, 1989.

84 Md. App. 183 (1990)

578 A.2d 314

WILLIAM T. LAYMAN, II, ET AL. v. ROSALIE ANN LAYMAN, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM T. LAYMAN, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

As Amended November 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Steinberg (Lerman & Steinberg, on the brief), Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Robert E. Heggestad (Casey, Scott, Canfield & Heggestad, P.C., on the brief), Washington, D.C., for appellee, Nicholson.

Richard F. McGrory, McGrory & Schaefer, Omer T. Kaylor, Jr. and Kaylor & Wantz, on the brief, Hagerstown, for appellee, Rosalie Ann Layman.

Argued before MOYLAN and KARWACKI, JJ., and JAMES S. GETTY, J., Retired, specially assigned.

GETTY, Judge.

The sole query presented by this appeal is whether the Circuit Court for Washington County (Wright, J.) erred in dismissing a legal malpractice claim filed by the surviving children of Dr. William T. Layman against Susan A. Nicholson, Dr. Layman's attorney. The answer requires that we determine whether an attorney who prepares a will in accordance with a client's instructions owes any duty to third party beneficiaries affected by the testamentary disposition...

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